The Naugatuck NABA team was created in 2001 by Tom Doran to serve as an opportunity for players graduating from the Connie Mack team to continue to play baseball. The team was simply known as 'Naugatuck NABA.' After Tom's death in 2002, the team was taken over by assistant coach Pete Zezima. In 2004 Mike Doran, Nick Pereira and Matt Tynan got together and took over the team. They became known as the Naugatuck Hackers. In 2005 the team name was changed to 'Connecticut Hackers' which better reflected the growing player base, as many players began to join from other towns in the state.